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The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication. [1] [2] While the non-seasonally adjusted data ...
Unemployment rates historically are lower for those groups with higher levels of education. For example, in May 2016 the unemployment rate for workers over 25 years of age was 2.5% for college graduates, 5.1% for those with a high school diploma, and 7.1% for those without a high school diploma.
From 2008 to at least 2014, the North Dakota oil boom resulted in enough jobs to provide North Dakota with the lowest unemployment rate in the United States despite the Great Recession. [5] [6] in December 2011, at the height of the oil boom North Dakotas unemployment was only 3.5 percent, the lowest of any state in the US. [7] [8]
Bismarck, in central North Dakota, has the nation's lowest unemployment rate (2.4 percent). But it also has some of the most brutal winters. Temperatures often fail to climb above zero and can ...
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a four-month low last week, suggesting that the labor market remained fairly healthy. The upbeat outlook on the ...
Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. [7] The 2020 census [4] gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-most populous city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 2010 and 2020, due largely to the North Dakota oil boom.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated one combined statistical area, four metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in North Dakota. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN CSA , comprising the area around Fargo , North Dakota's largest city.
U.S. states by net employment rate (% of population 16 and over) 2022 [1] National rank State Employment rate in % (total population) Annual change (%) (=rise in employment) 1 Nebraska: 68.1 0.5 2 North Dakota: 67.8 1.3 — District of Columbia: 67.4 3.0 3 Utah: 67.1 1.1 4 South Dakota: 66.8 0.0 5 Colorado: 66.3 1.9 Iowa: 66.3 1.5 Minnesota: 66 ...